In May of 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Kentucky v. King that police officers may rely on the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement so long as "police do not create the exigency by engaging or threatening to engage in...
Year: 2011
Florida Doctor Arrested for Pain-Pill Trafficking
In July of this year, Florida police arrested Dr. Ataur Rahman and four others after a year-and-a-half long investigation into a suspected narcotics smuggling ring. Authorities allege that Rahman and his co-conspirators, all of whom were Rahman's patients or...
The End of the Dreamboard Dream
For members of the online community known as "Dreamboard," their dream of viewing, downloading or distributing child pornography has come to an end.In the largest international child pornography prosecution thus far, the Department of Justice has charged 72 people for...
Florida Sex Crime Sting Results in Charges Against 32 Men
Criminal defense against sex crimes charges such as child pornography, prostitution and sexual battery requires an aggressive legal strategy from the outset. Particularly in cases involving solicitation of minors or related sex crimes against children, law enforcement...
Davis v. U.S. and Vehicle Searches
In its recent decision in Davis v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held by a 7-2 vote that the exclusionary rule does not bar evidence from a search that was legal when the police conducted it but became illegal under a new rule announced by the Court while the...
The Implications of Refusing a DUI Breath Test in Florida
In Florida, drivers stopped by police on suspicion of driving under the influence do not have to submit to blood, breath or urine testing that measures their blood-alcohol concentration. Refusing a DUI breath test carries significant consequences, though, in addition...
Jessica’s Law and Orlando Sex Crimes Attorney
On behalf of posted in Sex Crimes Jessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to punish sex offenders and reduce their ability to re-offend. A version of Jessica's Law,...
Football Star Lawrence Taylor Must Register as a Sex Offender in Florida
During an April hearing in New York, former professional football player Lawrence Taylor was designated a Level 1 sex offender after pleading guilty to two Class A misdemeanor sex crimes. Because Taylor lives in Pembroke Pines, Florida, he will have to register as a...
ICE Official Caught in Child-Porn Probe
Anthony V. Mangione, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for South Florida, was recently placed on paid administrative leave as federal agents begin investigating multiple images of child pornography he received via email on his home...
Conviction of Raj Rajaratnam Only the Beginning
On May 11, a jury in Manhattan found Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire founder of the Galleon Group, guilty on 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy. Rajaratnam acquired confidential stock tips from insiders at publically traded companies, which allowed him to avoid...